| When people shop for a Digital SLR Camera, they | | | | are selective focus types. Wide-angle Lenses: |
| often forget or skip the camera\'s important part: | | | | These are seen as broad stroke brushes; Their |
| lenses. These Camera Lenses are the digital | | | | short focal length is good because it has a visual |
| cameras \"eye,\". Lens determine how and what | | | | effect described as \"pushing\" your subject |
| the camera will see, how it will see the subject | | | | away from photographer and to make it look |
| and how good this view is passed onto the | | | | smaller. There is one problem with these |
| camera\'s sensor chip in recording. For me, | | | | wide-angle lenses, and this is also known as |
| camera lenses are as brushes of painters, | | | | convergence, which is a distortion which makes |
| medium strokes, broad strokes, small details | | | | some vertical structures to appear as leaning |
| brushes and all purpose brushes. There are a lot | | | | towards the center of its frame. Examples include: |
| of things to learn with digital slr cameras lenses | | | | 17MM, 28mm, 15mm or 24mm lenses. Normal |
| and the article will give a basic outline for | | | | Lenses: These ones try to copy how human eye |
| understanding these. The next sections do explain | | | | is seeing and are also extremely versatile. They |
| basic types used in digital SLR lenses, the way | | | | are all purpose brushes, somewhere in the range |
| they work, also how to choose them. Focal | | | | of wide angle and telephoto. Normal lenses: 65mm; |
| Length: In a digital SLR camera, this measures the | | | | 50mm, 35mm, also some consider the 80mm a |
| distance from the lens and the sensor, as | | | | normal. Telephoto Lenses: They have long focal |
| measured in millimeters. The lenses can be | | | | lengths more than 100mm, and are called also |
| categorised in subgroups: wide angle, prime, | | | | telephoto lenses. Long focal length seem to bring |
| macro, zoom lenses and telephoto. Thelens are | | | | your subject closer, and to increase the size of |
| rated with regard to speed or f-stop. One | | | | the subject in a frame. Zoom Lenses: They are |
| example is a 1.4F 80mm lens or a F2.0 50mm | | | | special in the sense that can be versatile. Zoom |
| lens. We will explain later this part in the article. | | | | lenses vary a lot in focal length and come in |
| Prime Lenses: are lenses with fixed focal length: a | | | | telephoto, wide angle, and also wide-angle to |
| 50mm 1.4f lens. In order to zoom using these | | | | telephoto. When you shop for a zoom lens check |
| lenses, one needs to use its feet and get farther | | | | the rating for the f-stop. One example is f3.5-f5.6 |
| away from or closer to the subject. Usually prime | | | | 24mm to 300mm lenses, which means the lowest |
| lenses are faster and sharper then the zoom | | | | f-stop for which you can photograph is at a |
| lenses. For people on a budget, they can buy | | | | 24mm range from the lenses and if you zoom at |
| some good used older prime lenses at eBay or | | | | 200mm then the lowest you could go is at f5.6. |
| from the local camera shop. Macro Lenses: Are | | | | When you buy a zoom lens please try to get one |
| seen as detail brushes. These enable the | | | | which is glass-made and which is the fastest that |
| photographer to get close and personal to the | | | | you could afford, and you wont regret the |
| subject. Macro lenses are used in extreme close | | | | decision. If youunderstand what the different |
| ups and on small objects usually like pennies, | | | | groups for lenses can do, this will help you to |
| daisies, or food, but are not limited for these kind | | | | make a more informed decision regarding what |
| of subjects. Some examples include 100mm and | | | | kind of lens to buy. |
| 50mm macros. Also they are great in photos that | | | | |